Match Results Archive - March 2008

(Indian players in bold)
(WC-Wildcard PR-Protected Ranking Q-Qualifier LL-Lucky Loser A-Alternate)

SONY ERICSSON OPEN, Miami (March 26 - April 6, 2008)
Women's Singles
(29)Sania Mirza withdraws (right wrist injury)

Men's Doubles Final
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) lost to (1)Bob Bryan(USA)/Mike Bryan(USA) 2-6,2-6
Semifinal
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat (6)Martin Damm(CZE)/Pavel Vizner(CZE) 7-6(5),4-6,11-9
Quarterfinal
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat (8)Leander Paes/Paul Hanley(AUS) 6-2,6-7(8),10-6
Round 2
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Igor Andreev(RUS)/Xavier Malisse(BEL) 2-6,6-2,10-5
(8)Leander Paes/Paul Hanley(AUS) beat Christopher Kas(GER)/Rogier Wassen(NED) 6-4,4-6,10-7
Round 1
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Tomas Berdych(CZE)/Lukas Dlouhy(CZE) 3-6,6-3,10-5
(8)Leander Paes/Paul Hanley(AUS) beat Yves Allegro(SUI)/Paul-Henri Mathieu(FRA) 2-6,6-0,10-3

INDIA F5 FUTURES, Chandigarh (March 31 - April 6 2008)
Men's Singles Final
(WC)Harsh Mankad beat (WC)(1)Rohan Bopanna (Walkover)
Semifinal
(WC)(1)Rohan Bopanna beat Divij Sharan 6-4,7-5
(WC)Harsh Mankad beat (3)Hyun-Woo Nam(KOR) 4-6,6-4,7-5
Quarterfinal
(WC)(1)Rohan Bopanna beat Danila Arsenov(RUS) 6-7(8),7-6(1),6-3
Divij Sharan beat Roman Jebavy(CZE) 7-5,6-2
(WC)Harsh Mankad beat (WC)Yuki Bhambri 6-4,6-3
Vivek Shokeen lost to (3)Hyun-Woo Nam(KOR) 4-6,2-6
Round 2
(WC)(1)Rohan Bopanna beat (Q)Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana(THA) 6-3,6-3
Divij Sharan beat (Q)Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 6-3,6-3
Vivek Shokeen beat (5)Yu Jr. Wang(CHN) 3-6,6-4,6-4
(WC)Harsh Mankad beat (7)Kento Takeuchi(JPN) 4-6,6-0,6-1
(WC)Yuki Bhambri beat (2)Peng Sun(CHN) 6-4,6-2
Round 1
(WC)(1)Rohan Bopanna beat (WC)Vijayant Malik 6-3,6-4
Divij Sharan beat (4)Ashutosh Singh 6-3,4-6,7-6(5)
(Q)Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat Purav Raja 7-6(4),6-2
Vivek Shokeen beat (Q)Ji Shi(CHN) 6-3,6-4
(WC)Harsh Mankad beat Ciaran Moore(SA) 5-7,6-2,6-3
(WC)Yuki Bhambri beat John McGahon(IRL) 6-3,6-4
Rohan Gajjar lost to (5)Yu Jr. Wang(CHN) 2-6,3-6
Navdeep Singh lost to (Q)Perakiat Siriluethaiwattana(THA) 2-6,3-6
(Q)Mithun Murali lost to (LL)Ye Du(CHN) 5-7,5-7
Vijay Kannan lost to (3)Hyun-Woo Nam(KOR) 3-6,4-6
(Q)Rupesh Roy lost to (7)Kento Takeuchi(JPN) 1-6,1-6
(Q)Vishnu Vardhan lost to (2)Peng Sun(CHN) 3-6,2-6

Men's Doubles Final
Harsh Mankad/Rupesh Roy beat (3)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja 6-3,6-4
Semifinal
(3)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja beat (1)Vivek Shokeen/Ashutosh Singh 6-4,6-7(5),10-4
Harsh Mankad/Rupesh Roy beat (WC)Yuki Bhambri/Kamala Kannan 6-3,6-1
Quarterfinal
(1)Vivek Shokeen/Ashutosh Singh beat Ilya Belyaev(RUS)/Sergei Krotiouk(RUS) 6-0,6-1
(3)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja beat John McGahon(IRL)/Ciaran Moore(SA) 6-4,7-6(2)
Harsh Mankad/Rupesh Roy beat Roman Jebavy(CZE)/Nathan Thompson(USA) (walkover) (WC)Yuki Bhambri/Kamala Kannan beat Christoph Lessiak(AUT)/Mario Tupy(AUT) 6-2,6-4
Round 1
(1)Vivek Shokeen/Ashutosh Singh beat Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan 4-6,7-6(2),10-8
(3)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja beat Vijayant Malik/Yannick Nelord 6-4,6-2
(WC)Navinder Pal Singh/Ash Misquith(CAN) lost to John McGahon(IRL)/Ciaran Moore(SA) 4-6,6-7(6)
Harsh Mankad/Rupesh Roy beat (WC)Vijay Sundar Prashanth/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 1-6,3-6
(WC)Yuki Bhambri/Kamala Kannan beat Katsushi Fukuda(JPN)/Kento Takeuchi(JPN) 6-4,6-7(4),10-8
(2)Vijay Kannan/Navdeep Singh lost to Christoph Lessiak(AUT)/Mario Tupy(AUT) 7-5,3-6,6-10

ITF $25,000 HAMBURG, Germany (March 31 - April 6, 2008)
Women's Singles
(Q)Sandhya Nagaraj lost to (Q)Estelle Guisard(FRA) 1-6,3-6
Round 1
beat (WC)Claudia Spincke(GER) 6-2,6-2
Qualifying Singles Round 3
beat Justyna Jegiolika(POL) 2-6,6-2,6-1
Round 2
beat Fredericke Putthoff(GER) 3-6,6-1,6-3
Round 1
-bye-

ITF $25,000 PELHAM, USA (March 31 - April 6, 2008)
Women's Singles Qualifying Round 2
Shikha Uberoi lost to Salome Devidze(GEO) 4-6,6-3,4-6
Round 1
beat Dewonder Davis(USA) 6-0,6-0

Women's Doubles Round 1
(Q)Shikha Uberoi/Maria Irigoyen(ARG) lost to Ye-Ra Lee(KOR)/Remi Tezuka(JPN) 2-6,7-5,2-10
Qualifying Round 1
beat Whitney Jones(USA)/Tiya Rolle(USA) 6-1,6-4

ITF $10,000 ANTALYA-BELEK, Turkey (March 31 - April 6, 2008)
Women's Singles Qualifying Round 2
(8)Ashmitha Easwaramurthi lost to Judit Nagy(HUN) 2-6,3-6
Round 1
-bye-

AGT CHALLENGER, Leon, Mexico (24 - 30 March 2008)
Men's Singles Round 1
(LL)Prakash Amritraj lost to (8)Simon Stadler(GER) 7-6(5),1-6,1-6

Qualifying Singles Round 3
(2)Prakash Amritraj lost to (6)Nathan Healey(AUS) 7-6(2),6-7(5),1-6
Round 2
beat Juan Pablo Amado(ARG) 6-3,6-2
Round 1
beat Michael McClune(USA) 5-7,6-1,6-2

Men's Doubles Round 2
Mustafa Ghouse/Rajeev Ram(USA) lost to (3)Lukasz Kubot(POL)/Horia Tecau(ROU) 4-6,1-6
Round 1
beat Adrian Garcia(CHI)/Leonardo Mayer(ARG) 7-6(8),7-6(1)

ITF PALM HILLS, Giza, Egypt (24 - 30 March 2008)
Men's Singles Round 1
Karan Rastogi lost to (8)Leandro Migani(ARG) 5-7,5-7

Men's Doubles Round 1
Karan Rastogi/Alexei Filenkov(RUS) lost to Alexander Bury(BLR)/Vladimir Voltchkov(BLR) 1-6,1-6

INDIA F4 FUTURES, Gurgaon (24 - 30 March 2008)
Men's Singles Round 2
(WC)Harsh Mankad lost to Roman Jebavy(CZE) 6-2,6-7(1),4-6
(WC)Yuki Bhambri lost to (1)Mohammad Ghareeb(KUW) 3-6,2-6
(WC)Rohan Gajjar lost to (Q)Vaja Uzakov(UZB) 3-6,2-6
Vijay Kannan lost to Nathan Thompson(USA) 1-6,2-6
Round 1
(WC)Harsh Mankad beat (3)Bogdan-Victor Leonte(ROU) 6-3,6-3
(WC)Yuki Bhambri beat Elbert Sie(INA) 6-3,3-6,6-2
(WC)Rohan Gajjar beat (7)Ashutosh Singh 4-6,7-6(6),7-6(2)
Vijay Kannan beat Navdeep Singh 6-4,6-2
Vivek Shokeen lost to (1)Mohammad Ghareeb(KUW) 5-7,2-6
Divij Sharan lost to (5)Aqeel Khan(PAK) 5-7,3-6
(WC)Purav Raja lost to (4)Hyun-Woo Nam(KOR) 7-6(5),3-6,6-7(3)
(Q)Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan lost to (Q)Vaja Uzakov(UZB) 6-3,3-6,0-6

Men's Doubles Final
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan lost to Hsin-Han Lee(TPE)/Yu Wang Jr.(CHN) 6-7(4),4-6
Semifinal
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan beat Tushar Liberhan/Rupesh Roy 7-5,7-5
(WC)Kamala Kannan/Aqeel Khan(PAK) lost to Hsin-Han Lee(TPE)/Yu Wang Jr.(CHN) 3-6,6-3,6-10
Quarterfinal
(WC)Kamala Kannan/Aqeel Khan(PAK) beat (WC)Mithun Murali/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 6-2,3-6,10-6
Tushar Liberhan/Rupesh Roy beat (WC)Yuki Bhambri/George Coupland(GBR) 2-6,6-4,10-6
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan beat (2)Syrym Abdukhalikov(KAZ)/Mohammad Ghareeb(KUW) (Walkover)
Round 1
(WC)Kamala Kannan/Aqeel Khan(PAK) beat (3)Bogdan-Victor Leonte(ROU) /Navdeep Singh 6-2,7-6(7)
Tushar Liberhan/Rupesh Roy beat (4)Danila Arsenov(RUS)/Vaja Uzakov(UZB) 3-6,7-5,12-10
Divij Sharan/Vishnu Vardhan beat John McGahon(IRL)/Nathan Thompson(USA) 6-3,7-5
(WC)Mithun Murali/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan beat Katsushi Fukuda(JPN)/Kento Takeuchi(JPN) 6-1,6-2
(WC)Yuki Bhambri/George Coupland(GBR) beat Vijay Kannan/Vinod Sridhar 6-2,4-6,11-9
(1)Vivek Shokeen/Ashutosh Singh lost to Roman Jebavy(CZE)/Andrey Kumantsov(RUS) 3-6,4-6
Purav Raja/Rohan Gajjar lost to (2)Syrym Abdukhalikov(KAZ)/Mohammad Ghareeb(KUW) 6-7(2),5-7

ITF $10,000 CAIRO (24 - 30 March 2008)
Women's Qualifying Singles Round 2
Asha Nanda Kumar lost to (8)Camelia-Elena Hristea(ROU) 2-6,3-6
Round 1
Asha Nanda Kumar beat Santa Shumilina(RUS) 7-5,6-0
(12)Shivika Burman lost to Lisa Summerer(AUT) 4-6,2-6
Akshitha Basavaraju lost to (14)Iuliia Kiriienko(UKR) 0-6,1-6

PACIFIC LIFE OPEN, Indian Wells, USA (12 - 23 March 2008)
Women's Singles Round 4
(21)Sania Mirza lost to (5)Daniela Hantuchova(SVK) 1-6,6-7(4)
Round 3
beat (9)Shahar Peer(ISR) 6-7(7),7-5,6-3
Round 2
beat Olga Savchuk(UKR) 4-6,6-1,6-4
Round 1
-bye-

Men's Doubles Quarterfinal
(6)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) lost to (4)Jonathan Erlich(ISR)/Andy Ram(ISR) 3-6,4-6
(8)Leander Paes/Paul Hanley(AUS) lost to (3)Daniel Nestor(CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic(SRB) 2-6,1-6
Round 2
(6)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Nikolay Davydenko(RUS)/Nicolas Kiefer(GER) 6-3,6-4
(8)Leander Paes/Paul Hanley(AUS) beat Guillermo Canas(ARG)/David Nalbandian(ARG) 7-5,2-6,10-5
Round 1
(6)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Christopher Kas(GER)/Rogier Wassen(NED) 6-3,7-6(3)
(8)Leander Paes/Paul Hanley(AUS) beat David Ferrer(SPN)/Rafael Nadal(SPN) 6-3,6-4

Women's Doubles Semifinal
(7)Sania Mirza/Bethanie Mattek(USA) lost to (3)Zi Yan(CHN)/Jie Zheng(CHN) 6-7(4),7-5,10-5
Quarterfinal
beat (2)Yung-Jan Chan(TPE)/Chia-Jung Chuang(TPE) 7-5,4-6,11-9
Round 2
beat Tatiana Poutchek(BLR)/Anastasia Rodionova(RUS) 6-2,4-6,10-7
Round 1
beat Klaudia Jans(POL)/Gabriela Navratilova(CZE) 6-3,6-2

SAN LUIS POTOSI CHALLENGER, Mexico (17 - 22 March 2008)
Men's Singles Round 1
Prakash Amritraj lost to Alex Kuznetsov(USA) 4-6,4-6

Men's Doubles Round 1
Mustafa Ghouse/Rajeev Ram(USA) lost to Hugo Armando(USA)/Patrick Briaud(USA) 6-2,5-7,9-11

INDIA F3 FUTURES, Mumbai (17 - 23 March 2008)
Men's Singles Semifinal
(WC)Harsh Mankad lost to (4)Nathan Thompson(USA) 2-6,4-6

Men's Doubles Final
(4)Purav Raja/Rohan Gajjar beat Harsh Mankad/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan 6-3,6-1

ITF $25,000 NOIDA (17 - 23 March 2008)
Women's Singles Final
(2)Sunitha Rao lost to Anastasija Sevastova(LAT) 2-6,1-6
Semifinal
beat (3)Margit Ruutel(EST) 6-2,2-6,7-6(6)

WTA BANGALORE OPEN (3-9 March 2008)
Womens' Singles Round 1
(WC)Shikha Uberoi lost to (5)Agnes Szavay(HUN) 1-6,4-6
(WC)Isha Lakhani lost to (Q)Agnes Szatmari(ROU) 2-6,2-6
Qualifying Singles Round 3
Sunitha Rao lost to Tiantian Sun(CHN) 2-6,1-6
Round 2
Sunitha Rao beat Junri Namigata(JPN) 6-2,4-6,6-2
Round 1
Sunitha Rao beat (8)Vesna Manasieva(RUS) 6-4,2-6,7-5
Rushmi Chakravarthi lost to Junri Namigata(JPN) 2-6,2-6
(WC)Sanaa Bhambri lost to Monique Adamczak(AUS) 3-6,7-6(4),1-6
(WC)Ankita Bhambri lost to Kathrin Woerle(GER) 2-6,1-6
(WC)Akshitha Basavaraju lost to Tiantian Sun(CHN) 1-6,0-6

Women's Doubles Round 1
(WC)Ankita Bhambri/Sanaa Bhambri lost to Ayumi Morita(JPN)/Junri Namigata(JPN) 6-3,4-6,4-10
Sunitha Rao/Monique Adamczak(AUS) lost to (4)Anastasia Rodionova(RUS)/Yaroslava Shvedova(RUS) 0-6,1-6

BARCLAYS DUBAI TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS (3-8 March 2008)
Men's Doubles Final
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat (3)Martin Damm(CZE)/Pavel Vizner(CZE) 7-5,7-6(7)
Semifinal
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat (2)Simon Aspelin(SWE)/Julian Knowle(AUT) 6-2,6-0
Quarterfinal
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat Feliciano Lopez(SPN)/Rafael Nadal(SPN) 6-1,6-1
(WC)Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK) lost to (1)Daniel Nestor(CAN)/Nenad Zimonjic(SRB) 6-2,6-7(5),6-10
Round 1
(4)Mahesh Bhupathi/Mark Knowles(BAH) beat (A)Jordan Kerr(AUS)/Rogier Wassen(NED) 4-6,3-6
(WC)Rohan Bopanna/Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK) beat Igor Andreev(RUS)/Paul Henri Mathieu(FRA) 7-5,6-4
Leander Paes/Paul Hanley(AUS) lost to (2)Simon Aspelin(SWE)/Julian Knowle(AUT) 1-6,3-6

TENNIS CHANNEL OPEN, Las Vegas (3-9 March 2008)
Men's Qualifying Singles Round 1
Prakash Amritraj lost to Kevin Anderson(RSA) 1-6,5-7

ATP KYOTO CHALLENGER (3-9 March 2008)
Men's Singles Round 1
(PR)Harsh Mankad lost to (6)Brendan Evans(USA) 3-6,4-6

Men's Doubles Round 1
(PR)Harsh Mankad/Michael Ryderstedt(SWE) lost to Matthias Bachinger(GER)/Daniel Brands(GER) 5-7,3-6

ITF ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire (3-9 March 2008)
Men's Singles Quarterfinal
(7)Karan Rastogi lost to Valentin Sanon(CIV) 6-7(4),6-1,1-6
Round 2
beat (Q)Ivan Nedelko(RUS) 6-2,6-1
Round 1
beat (Q)Ergun Zorlu(TUR) 6-3,6-3

Men's Doubles Semifinal
(1)Karan Rastogi/Alexander Satschko(GER) lost to Ilya Belyaev(RUS)/Sergei Krotiouk(RUS) 6-2,6-7(5),12-14
Quarterfinal
beat (WC)Jean-Pierre Bajot(FRA)/Rudy Coco(FRA) 6-2,6-7(5),10-7
Round 1
beat Jeremy Blandin(FRA)/Antoine Tassart(FRA) 6-4,3-6,10-4

USA F6 FUTURES, McAllen (3-9 March 2008)
Men's Singles Round 1
Sunil Kumar Sipaeya lost to (4)Pavel Chekhov(RUS) 2-6,6-7(6)

ITF $10,000 SABADELL, Spain (3-9 March 2008)
Women's Qualifying Singles Round 2
(2)Sandhya Nagaraj lost to (WC)Anna Boada-Plade Llorens(SPN) 6-7(3),2-6
Round 1
beat Andra Stanculescu(ROU) 6-1,6-2

Women' s Doubles Round 1
Sandhya Nagaraj/Sheila Solsona-Carcasona(SPN) lost to Katarina Poljakova(SVK)/Zuzana Zlochova(SVK) 2-6,2-6